Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing...

I’m probably moving my office to be above the garage. In preparation for that, I did the whole “get CAT6 networking to the new location” thing, which has involved re-acquainting myself with our crawlspace. Spending my days crawling around,...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 24, 2010

Microsoft/Amazon Deal: Nothing to See Here

Microsoft today issued a news release to announce a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon. And, the news release, in the lead, explicitly calls out a set of technologies covered by the agreement: the Kindle, which employs open source...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 22, 2010

Demons? Really?

So I was in Costco waiting for a car tire rotation and check yesterday. Wasting time, I blew three bucks on a slice of pizza and a sundae, and looked around for a place to sit down and pig out. The place was packed, and it was the middle...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 19, 2010

Bringing the Magic to Linux with MeeGo

Bringing the Magic to Linux with MeeGo A few weeks ago, I wrote that the Linux Foundation was going to put its money where its mouth is in order to create more “magic” on Linux. Today the Linux operating system market just got a lot more...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 14, 2010

CodePlex Foundation Picks Paula Hunter as Executive Director

As you may recall, the CodePlex Foundation indicated in January that it expected to name a permanent Executive Director within a few weeks’ time. That has now happened, and in the “small world” department, the new ED happens to be Paula...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 7, 2010

Happy Camper

I broke down and bought a Nexus One last week. I got the original G1 phone from google when it came out, and I hardly ever used it. Why? I generally hate phones – they are irritating and disturb you as you work or read or whatever – and a...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 6, 2010

What to Expect at LinuxCon 2010 this August in Boston!

The call for participation and registration opened for LinuxCon today signaling the beginning of planning for the 2nd Annual LinuxCon. To recap on some of the highlights of LinuxCon 2009, which took place in Portland last September, we...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 4, 2010

Linux can compete with the iPad on price, but where’s the magic?

Article Source Jim Zemlin’s Blog ¬â Yesterday I watched Apple’s Steve Jobs unveil the iPad. Jobs clearly can create revolutionary products; he can also produce spin like no one else. Yesterday was no exception. His main message about the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 28, 2010

Linux Market Needs More Talent

¬â The Linux Foundation today announced a free Linux training Webinar series and an expanded set of courses and course locations for its existing training program. There is no coincidence that this shortly follows the Foundation’s recent...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 26, 2010

How To Learn Linux From the Developers of Linux. (For Free.)

¬â The Linux community is a pyramid. The base is comprised of millions of Linux users and system administrators. The second level is programmers who work with Linux; some of those developers contribute to the kernel, many do not. The top...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 26, 2010

The Importance of Legal Innovation

Open source software development is innovative and exciting. It has produced the software that runs the internet; Linux, Apache, Firefox, and so much more. In addition to being technically innovative it also has turned business models on...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 20, 2010

Microsoft to Mobile Customers: Choice is a Bad Thing (and Linux Will Lose)

Last week, David Coursey reported that Microsoft entertainment and devices boss Robbie Bach made the prediction in an analyst briefing that Linux on mobile will lose. Why? It’s choice is a bad thing for customers and that there is too much...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 19, 2010

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 1: Meet Frank

This is the first chapter in my new cybersecurity eBook in which you’ll meet Frank, our erstwhile hero, and get your first clue about the tangled train of events yet to unfold: On the morning of Sunday, December 12, a morbidly obese Corgi...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 19, 2010

What Linux Event Should You Attend (and Speak at)?

We just announced our event line-up for 2010 and the Call for Papers for CollabSummit. I’m very excited we’re offering the continuation of events that have been with us for awhile (CollabSummit, Kernel Summit) along with the second year of...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 19, 2010

Introducing The Alexandria Project

Those that know me know that I firmly believe that there is a Monty Python vignette, or at least a catchphrase, for every occasion. And on this occasion, that catchphrase is, “And now for something completely different!” How completely...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 17, 2010

Hundreds of Jobs Posted on Linux.com

With Linux powering nearly every mobile device that hits the market, the demand for Linux-related jobs is rapidly growing despite national unemployment figures. Combine this with the ongoing success of companies such as Red Hat and it’s...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 14, 2010

Another Area of Linux Growth

Thanks to tech like Moblin and Android, netbooks, smartbooks, and smartphones are all the rage right now for consumers, but Linux is also showing up on the very sales counters where all of these devices are being bought. While there’s no...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 13, 2010

Here We Go Again: Video Standards War 2010

Betamax vs.VHS, HD DVD vs. Blu-ray and now DECE vs. Keychest. Can‚Äôt the consumer electronics industry and studios cut us a break? Think of the words ‚Äústandards war,‚Äù and unless you‚Äôre a standards wonk like m‚Ķoh, never...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 11, 2010

When One Linux Project Wins, All Linux Triumphs

To say there was a lot of Linux news coming out of CES last week was an understatement. As I watched the morning TV shows present their inevitable “look-at-what-the-nerds-have-made-this-year” segments from the CES floor during the event, I...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 11, 2010

CodePlex Foundation Reports on 100 Day Goals

Earlier this week, I noted the fact that the 100 day mark for the CodePlex Foundation had passed (on December 19) without any comment from the Foundation on how they had fared against their aggressive goals for that time period, including...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 6, 2010

Smartbook Playing Field Wide Open for Linux

Article Source Community-cation January 4, 2010, 8:48 am There’s been a lot of technology predictions for the upcoming year, with Linux playing a big part in the future direction of tech. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait long to see how...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 4, 2010

Nouveau: A 2.6.33 Surprise

Article Source Linux Weather Forecast Blog December 23, 2009, 11:35 am Linus has released the 2.6.33-rc1 prepatch, closing the merge window for this development cycle. This kernel has a few features which will shake things up, with dynamic...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 23, 2009

Finnish Culture...

Article Source Linus Torvalds’s Blog December 21, 2009, 8:11 am It’s not all that often that we encounter things from Finland here in Portland. So imagine my surprise when we’re on our way to our weekly date-night with Tove, and our...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 21, 2009

A Concise Introduction to Free and Open Source Software

Article Source Andy Updegrove’s Blog December 19, 2009, 8:29 am If you‚Äôre like me, you became fully aware of free and open source software only gradually, rather than suddenly and all at once. In my case, the process was somewhat...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 19, 2009

Shuttleworth Stepping Down as Canonical Head, Silber New CEO in 2010

After five years as CEO of Canonical Ltd., Mark Shuttleworth is stepping down from that role, as current Canonical COO Jane Silber steps up as the new executive leader of the popular Linux distribution vendor. The changeover is starting...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 17, 2009